Page 3 - Malvern College Times - Sept 2018

MALVERN TIMES PAGE 3
I have often said that not everybody at Malvern achieves an A* in all of their subjects. Many of our pupils work hard and, at the end of the day, are rewarded with a B or C, and we can often demonstrate that value has been added to ensure that they reach that level. Naturally, I am pleased that there is a strong academic thread which runs through Malvern, as is the case in most schools, but it is important for all of our pupils to know that they are valued as individuals and that we judge them against their own capabilities, rather than against externally imposed criteria. Everybody can make his or her mark as a pupil at
Summer activities
You may like to know that over the summer our campus was extremely busy with various visiting language schools from China and Japan. We hosted the National Schools Symphony Orchestra which has its home at Malvern, as well as nine County Cricket Festivals and the Worcester Warriors U15 and U16 Rugby Academies and a soccer camp led by professionals from West Bromwich Albion. We estimate that 12,000 people crossed our threshold over the summer.
Malvern and we delight in those who demonstrate their skill, their capacity, their determination and their flair in Art, Music, Drama, Sport and in their sense of goodwill towards others.
At a prize-giving at a particular school, the visiting speaker turned to the Head and said, “Tell me, what happens to those pupils of yours who do not get A*s or As?”. To which the Head replied, “They normally end up by employing those that do”. Ah, the vicissitudes of life!
Our pupils were also busy in a number of ways, including the following:
Lower Sixth trip to South Africa ▼
Fifteen Lower Sixth pupils immersed themselves in work at a rhinoceros sanctuary in South Africa, working with endangered species with an organisation which seeks to prevent rhino poaching and helps orphaned wildlife.